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earning how to read is one of the most important life skills to master. Knowing how to read is essential for job applica tions, driving, going to the grocery store – just about everything in life. Opening up an old textbook filled with dull language and bland
“We know from research that kids start learning the skill that they need to learn how to read at birth, that it starts right away,” Titas says. “So as soon as they’re born, we can do things to get them prepared.”
There are plenty of ways to encourage reading at home. Even having block letters and putting them together to build words is a great way to encourage early literacy skills.
“You need to learn how to read to just be able to function,” says Beth Smith, center director at Sylvan Learning Center in Westlake. “If you buy something new, you have to be able to put it together by reading the instructions. Reading is important if you’re learning in school or learning in everyday life. You’re reading if you’re driving — there’s traffic signs that you’re reading so that you know what to do and know where to go. So reading is basically part of your wholeEncouragelife.” fun, interactive ways of learning how to read with your child. Parents are kids’ first role models, and children learn almost everything they know from watching them. The parents should engaged with reading and show their child how important it is to learn how to
Smith emphasizes to start at an appropriate reading level for the child, rather than a reading level too high, so the child doesn’t feel defeated. It is important that the child has a positive experience while learning.
“Childrenread. look up to their parents,” Smith says. “As a par ent, you’re teaching these kids life skills and things they need to know and are shaping them. Children learn so much from a parent; they learn vocabulary, they learn to talk from their parents. When the parent is interacting with the child and doing fun games, they’re seeing that reading is fun. The child is not sitting and having a strict reading lesson, but rather having fun and enjoying what they are learning. They’re just learning naturally from (you).”
Games such as Scrabble Junior are great to play with your little one; if your child is just learning to spell, one side of the board has
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content is no one’s cup of tea – that’s why it is important to find fun ways to help your child love reading. Below are some fun tips on how to make reading a hobby rather than a chore.
Shannon Titas, youth services manager at Shaker Heights Public Library, says learning how to read is an essential skill and is one of the most important things a parent can help teach to their child.
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“Maybe have a letter of the day,” Smith says. “If today is the letter ‘K,’ how many things can you find around the house that have a ‘k’ sound at the beginning? That way, they’re getting that concept of their letter and sound recognition. Just looking at print, such as looking at what’s on the cereal box or, when you’re driving, looking at what the signs say, are great ways to practice reading. It’s a real-world use of reading and it’s fun. Maybe in their playroom or in different areas of the house, label things like refrigerator or door or chair, and then they’re seeing ‘okay, this is a chair,’ so they’re seeing that connection.”Titasadds a lot of research shows that kids learn through play and that is why play is so important.“Playing is really one of the best ways for children to learn language skills,” Titas says. “Another program that we have is our play and learn station. It’s a playroom that’s open certain hours for literacy-based play. There’s toys and a little corner where they can play house and things like that. Practicing cooperative skills and talking to other people, engaging with others, helps support literacy.”
“So we’re really walking them through using their senses and not just looking at the book and reading it,” Smith says. “We use iPads with our instruction as well. We have video games and learning games to apply what they’ve learned. So, if they’re looking at different letters, we might match the letter to a picture that starts with that letter or the capital letter to the lowercase letter, depending on what they’re doing. So we do different games that engage them in practicing what they’ve learned.”
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picture clues and color-coded words to help your child match letters to build words.
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To further build reading skills, at the end of the day during dinner time, have your child retell their day as a story. As they’re watching TV, ask your child what they think will happen next and any other questions that will engage them. Comprehending what they are reading and watching is just as important as reading and sounding out words.
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Parents should choose fun, interactive ways to engage their child in reading.
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Reading is much more than opening a book and reading words on a page – children should understand what they are reading, ask questions, and enjoy what they are discov ering.“If anyone’s going to become a reader for a lifetime, it has to be something that you enjoy,” Titas says. “Having reading be just a natural part of our lives and a positive part of our lives sets that tone for a lifetime.”
“Those five practices are talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing,” Titas says. “All of these practices will help kids get ready to read through just very simple everyday activi ties that most parents probably do anyway.”
The library incorporates these practices through their early literacy programming, mostly in the form of storytime.
“When you introduce them to differ ent approaches to learning, such as using technology, it does get them ready for when they see it in different areas and it also helps them find out what works best for them,” Smith says. “When a child is really trying to learn, sometimes hearing it or seeing it in a different way can help them.”
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Read a story in a silly voice and have fun with it!
Being able to incorporate digital ways of learning how to read can be helpful too. Nowadays, many schools are providing students with laptops or requiring them for schoolwork. Some students learn better dig itally, while other students may need handson approaches to learning how to read.
“One of the biggest ways that parents can encourage their kids in reading is to allow them to pick what they like to read,” Titas says. “Bring the kids to the library. Let them look around, see what sparks their interest. It’s okay if it’s something that maybe is below their reading level or something that they want to read over and over again. That’s how they learn. The more we can give kids that autonomy to choose what they read, the more excited they’re going to get about it.”
“For instance, we sing songs as a group in our storytimes and those songs are selected strategically to reinforce some of the concepts that kids need as they’re learning to read,”
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“In the younger years, we’re really laying the foundation and parents shouldn’t be worried if their kids don’t know how to write their names by the time they get to kinder garten,” Titas says. “The best thing parents can do is to read with their kids all the time from a very early age, and to make reading a part of everyday life. Kids also learn from what they see. So if a parent is reading for fun, they notice that.”
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Shaker Heights Public Library approaches the concept of reading through a format that is based on research from the American Li brary Association called Every Child Ready to Read. This format identifies five practices that parents can do with kids to help them prepare to read.
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Use foam letters and make a word search.
Make your own Go Fish game using sight words or vocabulary words.
The program caters specifically towards babies and preschool-aged children.
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Many parents may feel pressured to have their young child learn their alphabet and letters as soon as possible and practice early literacy skills as much as possible before entering preschool or kindergarten. Parents should not worry if their child does not de velop early literacy skills as fast as others, and should rather encourage reading and learning within their child.
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Write letters on the top of styrofoam cups. Say the letter sound and stomp the cup.
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Before choosing to enroll your child in a particular school, be sure to check in with the admissions team and ask any and all questions you have about the school.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING A SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD
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There are primarily three different types of public schools that parents will notice when looking for potential schools for their child. Most public schools are closed enrollment, in which the school
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“The first thing that parents should do is check out the website,” says Jay Fowler, director of the lower school and Montes sori programs at Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills. “You can get a good feel for what you’re looking for, and they typical ly give you some important facts on that website. Then, I would call the school’s main office or admissions officer. That al lows you to set up a tour and I think that is probably the best first step for any par ent who is interested in a school. Come see the school in person and get a chance to see the facilities, get a chance to see the teachers in action, and get a chance to see the students working. Just get an overall vibe of what the culture is like.”
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hoosing whether to send your child to public school or pri vate school is a challenge for any parent – how much tui tion money am I expected to pay? Which school is my child zoned for? What is the student-teacher ratio? Below are some tips on how to know which school is the best fit for your child.
Be sure to have a conversation sur rounding tuition and other expenses and determine what is the best fit for your family.
“The number one difference between private schools, whether it is indepen dent, parochial, or other types of private schools, and public schools, whether they’re traditional district or charter schools, is obviously tuition,” says Carol Ryan, director of enrollment & advance ment at Menlo Park Academy in Cleve land. “At the end of the day, what it really comes down to for any given family is: what are your options, and within your options, what is the community culture and approach to education and success that a school has? There is no perfect school. There is simply the best fit. I think for a lot of parents, the first piece is to fig ure out what is it that their student needs in terms of an educational community? What is their learning style and how do you find a fit for that?”
will only enroll people who live within their district. There are districts that of fer open enrollment. In addition, there are charter schools, which don’t receive local dollars, but they are state funded and are open enrollment. With many types of private schools, parents can find traditional private schools, nonreligious; boarding schools, where students live at the school full-time during the school year; or language-immersion schools, where schools have instruction in both English and a second language through out the day. Montessori schools allow children to develop natural interests and activities rather than use formal teach ing methods. Private special education schools work with students with special needs. Religious schools are also an op tion and can vary from Catholic schools to Jewish schools to Seventh-Day Ad ventist schools. Lastly, Waldorf education focuses on learning through the arts and creativity. The arts are utilized in their formal teaching methods. Some schools require an entrance exam to help schools select prospective students for admission. Not every student who applies for K-12 admission at certain schools are guaran teed“Publicadmission.schools serve students in a par ticular district and need to adhere to lo cal, state, and federal requirements,” says Elissa Hyatt, admissions coordinator at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in Cuyahoga Falls. “Private schools general
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“We recommend filling out the ap plication; there’s no harm in doing that,” Fowler says. “It gives you a chance for us to look a little bit closer and to see if the child is the best fit because we want to make sure that every child is going to succeed and be on their best education al journey. Typically, when some families have more specific questions, we ask them to fill out the application because once we know the child and the family and the situation a little bit better, then we might be able to answer their questions a little bit
Parents may struggle with choosing where to send their child to school. Ulti mately, consider your child’s social, emo tional, mental and academic needs when choosing the best fit for your child.
❝ At the end of the day, what it really comes down to for any given family is: what are your options, and within your options, what is the community culture and approach to education and success that a school has? There is no perfect school. There is simply the best fit. ❞
Somebetter.”parents may feel that sending their child to a private school might help increase their chances of getting into a prestigious university. Whether your child gets accepted or rejected from a university is not so much dependent on where your child went to high school, but rather their individual academic success.
“What are the things that I’m look ing for in a school and how do I prior itize those?” Ryan says. “What is it that you’re looking for and think is going to best suit your child? What’s good for this year, what’s good for the next couple of years? I think looking at how schools have performed over the last five to 10 years is important, but not looking at how they’ve performed over 30 years and not looking at how they’ve performed over the last three. What you’re really trying to get a sense of is with their current leadership, how are they doing? The school could have been fantastic, but they started with a new leader the previous year. How is that going to change the direction that the school is moving?”
Is your family looking for a school with a religious affiliation? Are you look ing for a single sex school? Are you look ing for a school with smaller class sizes? Are you looking for a school that services students with special needs? Addressing these questions can help determine what is the best fit for your child.
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“For example, I’ll meet with families and in their local school districts they’ve had to cut their music program,” Kuhn says. “So now, the only way to receive music is the family has to pay an extra cost after school or on their weekends so their child can learn how to play the flute, for example. I think, for some families, understanding that some of those extra curricular activities that you’re currently maybe paying for, you might find part of your child’s regular school day in another school. That’s a great thing to ask when looking at schools and say ‘will my child learn to play a musical instrument?’ ‘Will my child learn how to play soccer or do I
It is important to take note of all that you are looking for in a school before en rolling your child.
and ask any questions that may come up while completing the form.
have to sign them up for a soccer league?’ ‘Will they get a chance to dance or have art?’ ‘What do you offer and what don’t you offer?’ ‘What is going to cost me ex tra?’”Once a parent has looked at the school’s website, has conducted a tour with the admissions team and has spent some time getting to know the school and what it offers, parents can then be gin to apply to the school. When a parent fills out an application form, it does not necessarily mean they are locked into the school – don’t hesitate to fill out the form
What classes are offered that sparks an interest in my child? All of these ques tions are important to consider.
an open house or set up a “shadow” day for your student to experience a typical school day,” Hyatt says. “Start the process early since space is often limited and ap plying early is in your best interest.”
“What will prepare your child most for the future he or she is pursuing?” says Hyatt. “What kind of community would your student thrive in? What sorts of teachers and administrators will help guide your student? Knowing your end goals will help you make decisions now.”
— Carol Ryan, director of enrollment & advancement at Menlo Park Academy in Cleveland
“I would say take a look at your child,” says Kristin Kuhn, primary school admis sion director at Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights. “What are they like? What are they interested in? What type of learner is your child? Have you noticed your child is someone who’s really active and needs to be hands on or is your child a little bit more quiet and reserved and needs more one on one? The more you understand a little bit about who your child is, I think it then can help dictate what you’re going to be looking for in a school setting. Do you want a big school? Do you want a small school? Do you want a religious affiliation? Do you want a sin gle sex environment? Do you not? Do you need the school location to be near your work? Do you need transportation? So I think having a couple of those answers in the back of your mind is a great starting point.”Consider all aspects of the school be fore applying. What extracurriculars are offered? What money will be spent on extracurricular activities and supplies?
“I truly believe that all schools and all teachers and all colleges have amazing opportunities and can provide such great roadmaps for success,” Fowler says. “So much of it comes down to the child and their own individual willingness to take advantage of what is provided for them.”
“I think there is incredible value in building a solid foundation and a love of learning and that starts at a young age,” Kuhn says. “So whether that be in a public school, parochial school or private school, it’s about finding a solid foundation in which their social and emotional needs are being responded to and appreciated. Just creating that level of learning and feeling comfortable with who they are as a learner is incredibly valuable. Those early years, those primary school years are so valuable in building a foundation. You’re trying to build this foundation, the social, emotional, the academics, the love of learning and figuring out where your child can get that from.”
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Kids can help their monster friend solve five challenges using the Breathe, Think, Do strategy. The first activity depicts an impatient monster struggling to get his shoes on. Kids must tap on the monster’s belly to help him inhale and exhale and calm down. The monster then calmly thinks of a way to approach the difficult situation. “This is a cute, simple app from Sesame Street that focuses on teaching kids how to use calming breaths to handle frustrating and upsetting situations,” Hanshaw says.
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Not a math whiz? Not a problem. Photomath is a free app that uses your phone camera to scan a math equation and then provides a step-by-step explanation on how to solve the problem. This app is great for kids who are struggling to solve a math problem and need a quick refresher on how to solve the equation. No equation is too big or small; just scan the equation and get ready to learn. Google Play, Apple, photomath.com
In 2013, Apple chose Duolingo as its iPhone App of the Year, the first educational app to receive this award. With 500 million users, Duolingo is the language-learn ing app and website. Duolingo offers 106 language courses in 40 languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, and German. To get started, download the app (look for the green cartoon owl), and create an account. The app will ask which language you want to learn, why you are learning the language, how long you want to practice per, day, and if you already know the lan guage or are just starting out. The app and website are free, although Duolin go offers a premium service (Duolingo Plus) that includes no ads, personal ized lessons to correct mistakes, and progress quizzes to track how well you’ve mastered the language. Google Play, Apple, duolingo.com
Seek’s camera allows users to identify plants, animals and fungi in any location. Users can also earn badges for observing different types of species. Seek will display the name of the species, a brief description about it, how many are in your area, the seasonality of the species and other similar species. Allow the app to access your location and learn more about the various plants and animals in your own backyard. “This app will bring out the naturalist in you and your child,” Jeffries says. “This is a great app for families who want to spend more time exploring nature together.” Google Play, Apple, inaturalist.org
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Recommended by Annisha Jeffries, Youth Services Manager at Cleveland Public Library, this app is a great way to introduce kids to the world of science. Kids can play a variety of games, such as ‘Exploring Shadows,’ which shows how shadows look depending on the location of the sun, or ‘Read the Temperature,’ which shows characters in different climates and the temperature of each location. The app includes 15 games covering earth science, physical science and life science, and is available in Spanish and English. With a variety of hands-on activities, your little scientist is sure to have a blast. Google Play, Apple, Amazon App Store, Windows, science-.htmlpbskids.org/apps/play-and-learn-
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Aimed towards children ages 2-8, Khan Academy Kids contains learning materials across math, language arts, and social-emotional learning. When creating an account, Khan Academy Kids will ask for your child’s name and age to curate the appropriate educational content. After an account is created, children can press ‘library’ to read books, watch videos, color pictures, practice their letters and play a variety of games. “This is a great all-around resource that teaches reading and math skills to kids from ages 2 through second grade,” Eric Hanshaw, subject department librarian at Cleveland Public Library says. “Features a wide variety of games and activities, attractive graphics, and even books to read!” Google Play, Apple, Amazon App Store, khanacademy.org
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Similar to Duolingo, Droplets is a languagelearning app specially designed for kids, with over 35 languages to choose from. The app will display a word, such as ‘bread,’ and then kids must drag the word to the picture of bread. Kids can also phonetically spell out each word to practice how to pronounce each word. The word and the picture of the word will pop up on the screen and kids must choose whether the image accurately depicts the word or not. By using graphics to help kids understand the words they are learning, five minutes a day can help children pick up a new language. Google Play, Apple, languagedrops.com/droplets
With over 40,000 books and videos to choose from, Epic is the perfect app for anyone who loves to read. Designed for babies to age 12 and older, the basic (free) plan allows users to read one book a day. The unlimited monthly plan ($9.99/ month) offers access to over 40,000 books and videos, unlimited daily reading, up to four child profiles and offline reading. The app also features audiobooks and a ‘read to me’ option. To keep kids motivated, users have a ‘buddy’ that hatches after they read their first book and badges that kids can earn after reaching a reading goal. Epic offers an array of cookbooks, novels, comics, drawing books, and unexplained mysteries – you are sure to find something you like. Google Play, Apple, getepic.com
If your child uses flashcards to study, download Quizlet as a digital alternative. Founded in 2005 by Andrew Sutherland to help study for a French class, Quizlet (both a website and app) consists of digital flashcards, matching games, practice tests and live quizzes. Users can create their own deck of flash cards and post them online for other users to review. Quizlet’s website has over 350 million user-generated flashcard sets, 3 billion total study sessions, and more than 50 million active users. quizlet.com
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Lexi’s World helps kids visualize the words they are spelling. When engaging with this app, kids can spell out a word, such as ‘yak,’ which Lexi will say, and then a yak will appear on the screen. If you spell ‘walk’ or ‘jump’, Lexi will perform those actions along with saying the words out loud. This app is perfect for visual learners just beginning to sound out their sight words. “Having children use language skills to play games isn’t new, but what makes this app great is Lexi gives kids a keyboard and makes the words they type come to life,” Jeffries says. Google Play, Apple, poppoppop.info LEXI’S WORLD
Designed for ages 8-12, OwlCrate Jr. ships books right to your door each month. Each box contains a new middle-grade hardcover novel, an exclusive letter and signed bookplate from the author, a second book, an activity or game, and a collectible monthly sticker and magazine. Each month has a new theme. This subscrip tion is perfect for any middle schooler looking to read something new. owlcrate.com
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Little Passports delivers monthly play-based science and geog raphy kits to kids ages 3 and up. There are five boxes to choose from each month, such as ‘Early Explorers’ which explores music, oceans and dinosaurs for ages 3-5, and ‘Science Expeditions’ where kids ages 8 and up can perform science experiments and activities. There are two catego ries of boxes to choose from, one being the Culture and Geography theme where kids can learn about geography, travel, world cultures, the arts and more, and the other being STEM, where kids solve scientific mysteries every month. There is an adventure waiting in every box. littlepassports.com
Wiggle Worms Kits are handcraft ed and designed for preschool ers and kindergarteners. Each kit includes five to seven STEM activities and crafts, with the goal of encouraging fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, problem solving and creativity. October’s theme was harvest, so kids were able to create a scarecrow, build a corn maze, learn about the colors of leaves during this time of year and much more. Past boxes included themes of apples, dino saurs, space, bugs and pirates. With new themes each month, there is something your child is sure to love.
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With ABCmouse.com Early Learn ing Academy, children ages 2-8 can engage in reading and lan guage arts, math, science, health, social studies, music, and art con tent. The program contains more than 10,000 learning activities and 850 lessons across 10 levels to help your child succeed. The read ing curriculum includes uppercase and lowercase letter recognition, phonics, rhyming words and word families, and more than 450 books, and the math curricu lum includes recognizing and counting numbers 1–120, the base ten system, place value, addition and subtraction, and names and attributes of 2D and 3D shapes. “ABCMouse offers a wide variety of educational activities framed as games for kids,” Hanshaw says. “The user can choose their age and receive age-appropriate activities.” abcmouse.com
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school’s dual commitment to academic and social curricula and focuses on building a strong foundation in basic academic skills with an increasing emphasis on personal responsibility. Recent renovations support not only Hawken’s commitment to truly knowing each student as a learner and individual, but also the school’s evolving personalized learning model. Every set of grade-level classrooms has access to an adjacent learning commons to support differentiated learning groups as well as collaborative and project-based approaches to learning. hawken.edu
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Brown School has educated and empow ered girls. The K-12 day school in Shaker Heights, Ohio is regionally and nationally recognized as a top girls’ school for their Learn for Life Signature Approach. Their model for education integrates distin guished academics, empowered girls, knowledge in action, and a celebrated community of students, alums, and faculty and parents. Learn more at HB.edu/edu
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Menlo Park Academy is the state’s only tuition-free school for gifted children in kindergarten through eighth grade. The school offers an innova tive, accelerated curriculum, including nine high-school-credit classes, the opportunity to learn alongside like-minded peers, and a faculty dedicated to meeting the unique needs of gifted children. Students can explore their passions, build friendships, and find belonging as well as academic and social emotional success. Menlo Park Academy is the #1 charter elementary, #1 charter middle school, ranked #13 of all K through 5th grade Ohio public schools (niche.com). menloparkacademy.com
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Julie Billiart Schools, a private, Catholic network of K-8 schools in Akron, Lyndhurst, and Westlake, educate and empower children with mild to moderate autism, ADD/ ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning and social differences. JB celebrates potential, nurtures curiosity, and customizes teaching to their students’ unique learning styles. Students are surrounded by strategically designed classrooms, small student-to-teacher ratios, onsite therapies, and state-ofthe-art technology. JB students are supported by onsite therapists and certified intervention specialists. juliebilliartschool.org
Lake Ridge Academy is an independent kindergarten through 12th college preparatory school. Strong academic programs, engaging faculty, and an 8:1 student-to-teacher ratio creates an educational environment that fuels a student’s passion for learning. Lower School students learn to think critically through a rich, hands-on curriculum that connects them to the natural world. Special emphasis is placed on social-emotional learning and cultural appreciation through world language classes. Their fall K-12 preview day will be Mon. Oct. 24. Register online lakeridgeacademy.org
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The first Gildersleeve School is in the North Hill neighborhood of Akron, Ohio. For generations, this neighborhood has welcomed waves of immigrants, and today’s residents come from Nepal, Myanmar, Congo and Afghanistan. After a lengthy discovery process to thoroughly understand the needs of the community, a Gildersleeve preschool was formed. The English as a Second Language (ESL) school builds on community strengths and nurtures student mental health with activities like yoga, meditation, music & sports. 1011 Gorge Blvd, Akron, 330-571-8878
Hershey Montessori School prepares students to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Their Montessori approach to education is scientifically geared toward the student’s stages of natural child development. This allows students to discover their individual strengths and master challenging concepts based on personal growth and interests. Hershey’s Concord Campus educates children from birth through sixth grade and their Huntsburg Campus educates adolescents from seventh through 12th. Tuition assistance and transportation are available. hershey-montessori.org
Laurel School is a nationally recognized independent day school for girls, Kinder garten through 12th, with a co-ed Early Childhood School. Laurel students come from over 70 communities in Northeast Ohio. Laurel has two campuses, the 11-acre Lyman Campus is in Shaker Heights and the 150-acre Butler Campus is in Russell Township. The Butler Campus is home to competitive athletics, full-time outdoor experiential learning for Grades 3-5, and Northeast Ohio’s first out door prekindergarten. Learn more about Laurel at its K-Grade 12 open house on October 6. Visit laurelschool.org/openhouse for more information and to RSVP.
OSLS has been joyfully serving the community for four decades. They have a highly-educated and caring staff that engages students with innovative programs and hands-on learning while remain ing dedicated to the faith formation of students in a loving, Christ-centered environment. They are a kindergarten through eighth grade Christian school housed in the Zion Lutheran Church campus and have a low teacher-student ratio resulting in a greater focus on individual student’s needs. oslpainesville.org
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focus, their STEM designation from the state of Ohio puts the school at the forefront of education. Students participate in hands-on problem-based learning that is cross-curricular and features collaboration and critical thinking. They have the opportunity to learn about coding and 3D printing in the Technology Learning Lab and the 1:1 Chromebook program provides technology that personalizes the learning environment. The school continues to build its Catholic identity through faith education, celebration of Mass and the Sacraments and through the service of others. stsebastian.org
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The Future Begins Here. St. Hilary School in Fairlawn serves students in grades K-8 in a environmentfaith-basedwith a curriculum that challenges accommodatesand
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St. Barnabas Catholic School is a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ranging from preschool through eighth grade. St. Barnabas is a family, fostering lifelong relationships and a spirit of loyalty and pride. They are dedicated to the spiritual, academic, social, physical and emotional development of all students. St. Barnabas offers STEM giving students valuable
diverse learning abilities. The average student-teacher ratio is 19:1. Special offerings include Spanish, French, Chinese, religion, art, music, physical education, technology, advanced math, and enrichment opportunities. Many extracurricular activities, as well as auxiliary, remedial, clinic, lunch, and extended care services, are available. Chromebooks, a makerspace and science lab put the school at the forefront of STEM learning. 330-867-8720, ext. 343, st-hilaryschool.org
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Former NASA scientist Aurora Lipper leads an exciting journey through space, begin ning with a tour of the planets and moons in our solar system. Next, kids visit the constellations and then zoom through the far reaches of the Milky Way galaxy. Along the way, they’ll find amazing facts about the starry skies and get to color and draw, connect dots, find hidden objects, and have fun with word puzzles while improving math and reading skills.
By Aurora Lipper and illustrated by, Victoria Stebleva
When children struggle with behavior, it’s because they lack the tools to understand their strong feelings and react constructive ly. A positive approach to behavior books for kids, this activity book helps children build a stronger emotional vocabulary, improve their self-regulation, and develop empathy for others. They’ll build up their cooperation skills through drawing and writing prompts, physical exercises, arts and crafts projects, and other creative exercises.
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By Jacqueline Woodson’s and illustrated by Rafael López
Get off on an exciting trip to the zoo that teaches reading, writing, and math! This kindergarten activity book is bursting with dot-to-dots, picture hunts, color-by-num bers, and more that little learners can take anywhere for hours of animal fun.
By Jim Averbeck and illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail
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Third Grade Angels
This series is part of Scholastic’s early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow.
When it comes to learning, there are multiple studies regarding hands-on experiences. In the elementary years, early readers might need some help, but it’s a good idea for families to have a healthy space at-home to discover and explore books and activities. We provide some ideas on how to fill your child’s library.
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It is filled with stories of kids who are making the world a better place by following their hearts and chasing their dreams. Whether planting a billion trees, bringing joy to others through music, fundraising for sick children or starting an inclusive dance team, these determined youth are using their talents to do amazing things.
Sophia tries varied techniques to get the giraffe she wants more than anything in this playfully illustrated story about the nuances of negotiation. She has one true desire for her birthday. But she has Four Big Prob lems in the way: Mom, Dad, Uncle Conrad... and Grand-mama. Will her presentations, proposals, and pie charts convince them otherwise?
There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it’s how you look or talk, or where you’re from; maybe it’s what you eat, or something just as random. It’s not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.
It means that his teacher, Mrs. Simms, will hold a competition every month to see which student deserves to be awarded “the halo” - which student is best-behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect. Suds is determined to be the first to earn the halo, but he’s finding the challenge of always being good to be more stressful than he had anticipated.
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Astronomy Activity Book for Kids: 100+ Fun Ways to Learn About Space and Stargazing
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Kindergarten Activity Book: Zoo Animals: 75 Games to Practice Early Reading, Writing, and Math Skills
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The Day You Begin
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Positive Behavior Activities for Kids: 50 Fun and Engaging Exercises to Help Kids Make Good Choices at Home, at School, and Beyond
George, aka “Suds,” has just entered third grade, and he’s heard the rhyme about “first grade babies/second grade cats/ third grade angels/fourth grade rats,” but what does this mean for his school year?
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The Missing Magic: A Branches Book (Unicorn Diaries #7)
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August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie’s point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.
Learning for Your Gifted Student
By Jan Pierce
• Respect for individuality. When he or she is engaged and focused on learning it’s a wonderful thing to see.
Jan Pierce is a retired teacher and freelance writer. She is the author of “Homegrown Readers: Simple Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Read.” Find her at janpierce.net.
• Real-life experiences that require problem-solving tasks. More than the average learner, the gifted thinker needs to apply learning to the real world.
It can be challenging to select the learning opportunities to meet your child’s specific needs. It’s important to know, however, gifted children don’t need only to do “more work” than other students. The kind of study they engage in must be different as well.
• Teaching in wholes. Inquiry-based or thematic units of study that give a broad overview of a topic are readily grasped by the gifted. Gifted children want the whole picture, not just parts of it.
• Material that is clearly well-written, while offering the chance to learn in depth and grapple with important issues and problems. Set individual goals for your learner. Allow them to stop and focus on a particular issue or topic of special interest. It’s important for a gifted learner to work with specific goals in mind. But flexibility is also key, because gifted learners are able to make connections between information across several subject areas.
Here are some characteristics of learning you’ll want know for your gifted Giftedchild.learners benefit from:
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• A curriculum that lends itself to independent projects. Look for extension ideas that challenge the student to delve deeper into the subject. Encourage ideas for an independent extension designed by the student.
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Gifted children can benefit from a mentoring relationship in their special area of expertise and interest. Middle school and high school level learning can be an opportunity to link to higher education institutions.Asmuch as possible, gifted children need to demonstrate their learning in ways most comfortable to them. That may be in detailed written reports, but more often will be in hands-on projects and real applications. They may want to respond to learning through the arts or music. Parents can design projects tailored to their child’s unique interests and extend learning in creative ways.
• Assuming ownership of his or her learning. This happens when higher level thinking skills are used for processing infor mation. Skills such as synthesis when a child makes connections between different bodies of information to arrive at a new principle or generalization of facts. When problem-solving skills are in use and communication skills are taught along with subject matter, the gifted student can shine.
s a parent of a gifted learner, you know the problems in volved in finding “just right” units of study for each subject area. Gifted children are not necessarily gifted in every subject. Also, some gifted children might lag behind in other developmental areas such as social skills, emotional maturity and even physical skills.
They need freedom to explore, hypothesize, ask difficult questions and then create their own problem-solving plan. With guidance they can go much deeper and reach higher levels of learning.
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This This year we honor the courage and spirit of activists of the Civil Rights Movement whose legacy is explored in the Maltz Museum’s special exhibition, This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement. In spired by lyrics to the African American folk anthem, “This Little Light of Mine,” sung as an expression of unity in the fight for equality and justice for all, we invite you to share how you shine your light as an agent of positive change in your community.
Northeast Ohio public, private, religious, charter-school, homeschooled, or online students in grades 6–12 in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, and Wayne counties (excluding past scholarship winners and immediate family members of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage staff and its Board of Trust ees, The Malrite Company, or The Maltz Family Foundation).
The 15th Annual Stop the Hate:® Youth Speak Out essay contest and Youth Sing Out song writing contest cele brates students committed to creating a more accepting, inclusive society. Each year, through the generosity of a donor, the Maltz Museum awards $100,000 in scholarships and anti-bias education grants in recognition of 6–12th grade upstanders.
2. How did this moment impact you and others?
3. Reflect on the idea of “light” as a metaphor. Where can we find “light” in this situation? How have you or will you shine your light as an agent of positive change in your community? How does shining a light (standing up or telling your story) help you and others?
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For the song writing contest: You must be part of an organized group of 15 or more students.
Resources, tips, a complete list of rules, important dates, and prizes are available online at www.maltzmuseum.org/sth
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Learn more on our new Stop the Hate Learning Portal plus access free anti-bias education tools
Stop the Hate guided tours available for 10 or more. To secure a date, please email tours@mmjh.org or call 216.593.0595
For the essay contest: In 500 words or less:
1. Write about a personal experience of injustice, bias, discrimination, or exclusion: something you witnessed or experienced, or a moment when you learned about an unjust situation or event that affected you or others.
Take a Stop the Hate Digital Tour with optional activities
Enter the Stop the Hate contest as a class (Youth Sing Out) or as an individual (Youth Speak Out)
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SCHOOL Profiles
19600 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights HB.edu OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION: Parent previews are held monthly starting in October. More information at HB.edu/Admission Enrollment: 860 | Grades served: Toddler-12th | Average Class size: 14 | Tuition: $19,700-$37,000 ❞ ❝
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The school’s distinguished academics are nationally recognized and are valued by families, top colleges and universities, and employers.
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for school, but for life.” From kindergarten to senior year, students are immersed in opportunities that apply concepts learned in the classroom to the real world — uniting learning by thinking with learning by doing. HB gives students the tools they need to succeed in the world beyond our walls.” — Head of School Dr. Fran Bisselle - SPONSORED CONTENTAll-girls K-12, Coed Infant & Toddler Center and Early Childhood Program
For more information, visit HB.edu or contact the Admission office at (216) 320-8767.
athaway Brown is an all girls K-12 day school in Shaker Heights. Since 1876, HB has educated and empowered girls with the Learn for Life Signature Approach that integrates distinguished academics, empowered girls, knowledge in action, and a celebrated community of students, alums, and faculty and parents.TheSignature Approach allows students to take ownership of their education with outstanding experiential learning opportunities such as the Storyline model in the Primary School, the Academies in Middle School, and the Fellowships for the Applied Studies in the Upper School.
When girls graduate from Hathaway Brown School, they join an alumnae network of more than 4,000 women who live in 49 states and 27 foreign countries. Ranging in age from 17 to 105, HB alumnae are a celebrated community of civically engaged, trailblazing women who hold positions in every professional industry there is. Many were the first women to complete particular college degree programs or to earn executive-level positions in their respective organizations.
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Seventy-one percent of HB teachers hold advanced degrees. And each faculty and staff member participates in deep and profound racial equity training.
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Heights campus houses a fourstory glass-paneled atrium, visual and performing arts spaces, an IDEA Lab and Upper School learning commons. Furthermore, there’s an onsite adventure learning course, various dynamic classroom configurations, a working television studio, an aquatics center, tennis courts, and turf playing Hathawayfields.Brown is home to 12 varsity athletics teams, along with the first e-sports team in the country established at an all-girls school. It also has a large and consistently excellent speech and debate team, an award-winning robotics program and several performing arts opportunities.
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To send into a changing world confident young people of integrity who think critically and creatively while embracing the joy of lifelong learning.
estled on a beautiful 93-acre campus in North Ridgeville, Lake Ridge Academy is the only K-12 private school on Cleveland’s west side. Students travel from over 40 communities and 11 countries to receive an outstanding education lead by relationships, where wellness and belonging areApriorities.commitment to small classes led by exceptional teachers who know their students well results in a deeply personal and challenging educational experience. Their unique K-12 community offers consistent cross-grade and cross-divisional interactions, building opportunities for leadership and collaborative learning.
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At Lake Ridge Academy, students thrive in an environment of intellectual inquiry and academic challenge. Families with high standards purposefully seek them out to provide an engaging and appropriately challenging educational experience. They believe each student is an individual, with unique abilities, strengths, and interests that, when leveraged, lead to optimal learning outcomes. Students learn through experiences that intersect with their curiosity and interests, so that learning is authentic, relevant, and
Supported by the serenity of the 93-acre campus, they weave cognitive, physical, social, and emotional wellness into all aspects of the Lake Ridge experience. They recognize that feelings of belonging and practices of inclusivity must be a part of all that they do. A community where every individual feels a strong sense of belonging is one where the joy of teaching and learning thrives. Authentic learning that extends beyond our campus, with student trips to the Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory, Camp Asbury, and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birthplace in Boston, as well as voyages abroad to places like Berlin, Budapest, and Thailand. Four advanced certificate programs in Scientific Research, Engineering and Innovation, Fine Arts, and Global Scholars. 75% of graduates accepted to their first-choice school, and last year’s graduating class earned over $3 million in scholarships.
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Through its comprehensive curriculum, faith-based tradition, commitment to service and emphasis on leadership, Gilmour educates the whole person. A Gilmour graduate emerges with an understanding that they have both the talent and the responsibility to make the world a better place. At Gilmour, students from 18 months to 18 years do more than succeed - they thrive.
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s an independent and Catholic school, Gilmour Academy is uniquely able to develop both the minds and hearts of its students.
Gilmour’s identity as an independent school reflects a commitment to rigorous academic programming, smaller class sizes and a variety of real-world learning opportunities. This personalized education allows students to tailor their experience to their interests. They have opportunities such as AP courses; electives ranging from molecular genetics to web development, and set design to digital music; semester-long internships in research labs; or the chance to develop their own concentrated set of experiences and coursework around one of five VECTOR opportunitieslearningGilmour’sthemes.nature-basedprogramincludesforstudentsin all three divisions. The school’s 144-acre campus now features a chicken coop, greenhouse, an apiary, Giving Gardens and an outdoor learning pavilion, and environmental science coursework and sustainability initiatives have been added to the curriculum.
- SPONSORED CONTENTGrades served: Montessori preschool (18 Gradesmonths-PreK)K-12 Enrollment: 750 Annual tuition: $5,980-$30,520 Average class size: 15 Student to teacher ratio: 9:1
Gilmour’s unique combination of offerings allows each student to discover their passions within a rigorous academic setting that calls for students to write more, articulate better and develop their ideas
Statement To develop the competence to see and the courage to act in creating a more humane and just society. To schedule a personal tour, go to gilmour.org/visit
The Lorraine and Bill Dodero Center for Performing Arts, which opened in March 2020, features a
main stage theater, studio theater, practice rooms and exhibition spaces. This state-of-the-art facility is utilized to advance student engagement and expression through the arts.
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Gilmour’sfurther.Catholic identity means students are learning in an environment that is inclusive, thought-provoking and rooted in the Holy Cross tradition. Gilmour empowers students of all faiths and all ages to ask tough questions, think critically and grow spiritually. This gives them the strength to see how they can make a difference in the world.
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counselors and other professionals in their home countries and brought them on as faculty and staff. As part of its methodology, Gildersleeve School assists community members through the teacher certification process, tapping into a uniquely appropriate pool of talent.
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or generations, the North Hill neighborhood has welcomed waves of immigrants, and today’s residents come from Nepal, Myanmar, Congo and Afghanistan. After a lengthy discovery process to thoroughly understand the needs of the community, a Gildersleeve preschool was formed. The English as a Second Language (ESL) school builds on community strengths, keeps students connected to their roots, and nurtures student mental health by incorporating activities like yoga, meditation, and traditional music & sports. Gildersleeve’s discovery process identified community members who had been teachers,
Gildersleeve School empowers the community to create exactly the school it needs for its children.
This focus on the wholeness and health of the community organically creates a productive learning environment where students, community and school are connected in a web of affirming bonds that nurture development and achievement.
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variety of extra-curricular activities, athletic teams and pep rallies, a student-run TV station, academic competition teams, spirit days, school-wide retreats, community service opportunities and leadership development programs, all intended to foster social development and make lasting memories and friendships. St. Barnabas School is a special place! Come experience the “Saint Barnabas Difference.”
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330-467-7921 • sbcatholicschool.com Follow us on: OPEN HOUSES: Fall Open House - October 7: time TBD Catholic Schools Week Open House - January 29, 2023: 12:00 - 1:30 PM Contact admissions for a tour: admissions@barnabasohio.org ❞
The St. Barnabas community has been a stabilizing force for us during this year of uncertainty and incredible stress. We are grateful for the principal, teachers, and staff for their unwavering commitment to our son’s education and well being despite so many challenges. We couldn’t be happier with our decision to enroll our child at St. Barnabas.
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t. Barnabas School is a family, fostering lifelong relationships and a spirit of loyalty and pride. It is dedicated to the spiritual, academic, social, physical and emotional development of all students. Its staff believes that children learn through experiences, and the earlier they create STEMbased learning experiences, the better. In the “Dream Den,” students from pre-k through eighth grade engage in projects gaining valuable experiences in critical thinking, problem solving, engineering processes, creative design, and collaboration in a technology-rich environment. Its robust science program and state-of-the art science lab enable students across the grades to learn in a hands-on environment. Its staff values the importance and need for additional activities beyond the classroom. St. Barnabas has something for everyone with a wide
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